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Malware Cleaning Guide
Protect Yourself From Malware: Tools And Tips
Web, email, chat, password and kids safety
"Do It Yourself" Removal Guides [Updated: 15 July 2007]
StandUp and Be Counted
General installation of Fake Codecs, or ... how to get screwed the easy way

Links of Interest

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US-CERT - Cyber Security Tips
Counter Spy - Spyware Threat Information - Antispyware Research
The Spyware Infested Filesharing Programs List
Malware Removal - Clean/Infected P2P Programs
Jahewi's Anti-Malware Information
Calender Of Updates (Security Updates)
Uninstall Malware via Add/Remove Programs
Sites related to security scams - Sunbelt's "Gallery of Rogues"
The Spyware Warrior List of Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
The Spyware Warrior List of Trustworthy Anti-Spyware Products
Strong passwords: How to create and use them
Windows Vista Bookmarks

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Greetings Folks,

You have arrived at the CastleCops website, which is currently offline. It has been our pleasure to investigate online crime and volunteer with our virtual family to assist with your computer needs and make the Internet a safer place. Unfortunately, all things come to an end. Keep up the good fight folks, for the spirit of this community lies within each of us. We are empowered to improve the safety and security of the Internet in our own way. Let us feel blessed for the impact we made and the relationships created.

With respect to the server marathon, by March 17 2009 CastleCops will refund contributions made through PayPal that were specifically designated for servers. Unfortunately, server donations made via check cannot be returned because we do not have the addresses for the donating entity. Unless instructed otherwise, CastleCops will re-allocate these funds as a donation to the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC.org). This organization sponsored our hosting environment for approximately the past 2 years. Please contact us [cc at laudanski dot com] before March 17, 2009, if you would like a return of your server marathon donation. Otherwise, we would like to thank the ISC for their unfettered support.

We thank everyone in creating our unique footprint and memories in time.

Love, Best Wishes and Happy Holidays, CastleCops
PST 23 Dec 2008
http://www.castlecops.com/

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The money hungry State of New York has made is impossible for New York residents to establish affiliate relationships with software companies, and online retailers such as Amazon.com and Overstock.com.

The State of New York claims that any New York based affiliate constitutes a "physical presence" and therefore companies like Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and Digital River; must collect New York State Sales taxes from the residents of the State of New York who purchase products using their services via a New York based affiliate. Because New York has chosen to take this route many companies have terminated their relationships with all New York based affiliates. In October 2008 Digital River terminated it's relationship with all OneNetwork Direct New York based affiliates, and as of this month Digital River has terminated all Element5 and ShareIt affiliates who are based in New York. Digital River manages nearly all software affiliate programs and as such it is now impossible for MalwareTeks to offer retail software for sale.

Thank You New York, why don't you make it entirely impossible for anyone in New York to do business inside the State of New York.

Boneheads.

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By Cade Metz in San Francisco
Posted in PC Builder, 7th November 2008 23:32 GMT

MPC - the personal computer maker formerly known as Micron Electronics - has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The company says operations will continue while its business is reorganized. But earlier in the week, at least one customer was told the company is no longer providing replacement parts for machines.

MPC - which sells hardware to mid-sized business, government agencies, and educational organization - did not respond to repeated requests for comment. [Read Full Article...]

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(CNN) -- Authorities have found the plane Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, but they have not found the millionaire adventurer's body, the Madera County, California, sheriff said Thursday.

Fossett was last seen the morning of September 3, 2007, when he took off from the Flying-M Ranch outside Minden, Nevada.

[Read full article at CNN.com]

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It has come to our attention that a critical bug existed between Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware version 1.00 and version 1.25. If you ever removed anything using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware during that time, please run the attached file. Your SecurityProviders value may have been corrupted.

The original values of the value should have looked like this.
file1.dll, file2.dll, file3.dll

When repairing the registry value, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware may have reset the values to the following.
file1.dll file2.dll file3.dll (note lack of commas)

This has already been repaired in version 1.26, however, those exposed to this bug must be repaired. Attached is a utility that will tell you whether the registry value is corrupt and it will offer to fix it by adding the necessary commas. We apologize for the problems this may have caused and we hope to never have a repeat of this situation.

Simply download the file to your desktop, unzip it, and run it.

File SecurityProvidersFix.zip ( 11.34K )

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McAfee announced that it has completed the acquisition of Reconnex for $46 million in cash. Through the acquisition, McAfee further enhances its position in proactive security and risk management solutions.
McAfee can now bring automated, centrally managed and adaptive protection to its existing customer base and further help users enhance the value of their current investments. As previously announced, Reconnex's technologies will be incorporated under McAfee's Data Protection product business unit, headed by Gerhard Watzinger.

Watzinger commented:

This acquisition builds on the McAfee data protection portfolio, solving one of the biggest challenges customers face; namely what information to protect and who should have access to it. Reconnex's differentiated approach to data protection and advanced innovative learning enables McAfee to offer a next-generation data protection solution that is steps ahead of its competition. And with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's extensive install base, we can address a broader range of threats to data than anyone else on the market today.

McAfee anticipates that Reconnex's products will be integrated into McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) in 2009.

Source: Net-Security

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By JR Raphael
TechNewsWorld
06/27/08 10:51 AM PT

Microsoft is facing a new wave of resistance against its Vista operating system, thanks to reports that one of its most well-known partners hasn't made the upgrade. An anonymous source -- described as having direct knowledge of the situation -- told The New York Times Intel found no compelling case to switch its own employees' computers over to Vista. The decision followed an in-depth analysis of costs and benefits by Intel engineers, according to the Times' source. [More...]

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Yahoo! shares tumble, Google beckons
By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco

Yahoo! has terminated all acquisition talks with Microsoft, today saying Microsoft was only interested in the internet provider's search business. Yahoo! shares fell 10 per cent today to $23.52, from yesterday's closing price of $26.52.

The beleaguered company is hitching its fortunes to the Google juggernaut with a search, advertising and IM deal. Google said Thursday it's providing Yahoo! access to its AdSense service in the US and Canada with move towards interoperability between their competing IM systems. [More..]

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By Wayne Richardson | Published: May 01, 2008 - 09:23AM CT

SALT LAKE CITY—Last August, the nail was poised over SCO's coffin when Judge Dale Kimball ruled that Novell never relinquished the copyrights to UNIX, but nobody really knew when it would be driven home. The decision meant that SCO could be on the hook for as much as $20 million in unpaid royalties. Not long afterwards, SCO filed for bankruptcy, but that Chapter 11 filing was only able to delay the inevitable trial to determine how much Novell was owed. That long-awaited trial began this week, and Ars was on hand to report.

Last year, the court ruled that Novell owned the copyrights to original AT&T UNIX source code and derivatives, including SVRX (System V, Release X), and threw out the case. Now, the countersuit brought by Novell is being heard, and should be finished up this week. Novell has repeatedly said it has no interest in suing Linux users over UNIX copyrights, which would be against its interests now that Novell has ties to the open-source community through openSUSE and SUSE Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop distributions.

[Full Article at ars technica]

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By Chris Maxcer
LinuxInsider
Part of the ECT News Network
04/09/08 4:00 AM PT

Microsoft is continuing to make good on its promises of openness. The Redmond software behemoth posted an additional 14,000 pages of preliminary versions of technical documentation of Microsoft protocols that should help third-party developers -- including open source developers -- build more interoperable applications. [More...]

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